What’s Worth Chasing Now? | Mission — The 2nd Silent War | Tony Medrano
2026-08-25 · 39 min · episode 157 · 19 entities
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What are you chasing now?
For veterans and high performers, finishing one mission can create an uncomfortable question:
What’s next?
Another challenge can keep us moving. Another title can keep us busy. Another goal can give us something to pursue.
But movement is not always purpose.
In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality , Michael Cole sits down with Tony Medrano, a former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer who served aboard a guided missile destroyer, went on to Stanford Business School and Law School, built a career as a technology entrepreneur, completed three full Ironman triathlons, and today serves as CEO and co-founder of Longevity Plan AI.
Together, Mike and Tony explore Mission — The 2nd Silent War and what happens when the mission that once gave your life structure, meaning, and direction is gone.
Tony shares what it was like leaving a military environment where the objective was clear and entering Silicon Valley, where profit, competition, and individual ambition often replaced the teamwork and shared purpose he had known in the Navy.
That transition eventually raised a deeper question:
Was he pursuing meaningful work—or had he simply become good at chasing the next difficult thing?
Tony talks openly about periods in his entrepreneurial career when the work lacked purpose, companies that failed, losing everything in an early AI venture, a military knee injury that followed him for decades, and being hit by a car just weeks before his first Ironman.
Rather than allowing those setbacks to become the end of the story, he repeatedly used them to reconsider what was worth pursuing next.
Today, Tony says he is working harder than ever—but is also happier because his work is connected to something he genuinely cares about: helping other people improve their health, recovery, and performance.
This conversation connects directly to several of The 10 Silent Wars :
Mission — The 2nd Silent War: “What am I working toward now—and is it actually meaningful to me?”
Direction — The 8th Silent War: “What comes after the mission I already completed?”
Identity — The 1st Silent War: “Who am I when the role that once defined me changes?”
Control — The 4th Silent War: “How do I respond when life does not go according to plan?”
Legacy — The 10th Silent War: “Am I simply achieving more, or am I building something that helps other people?”
Tony and Mike also dive into endurance, recovery, health, artificial intelligence, peptides, GLP-1 medications, and the growing role technology may play in helping people better understand their individual health and performance goals.
Tony shares his personal experiences and perspectives while emphasizing something important: health decisions should not be driven by hype. Research, individual circumstances, and qualified medical guidance matter.
But underneath all of it is a much bigger conversation about mission .
Because you can be disciplined.
You can be successful.
You can accomplish difficult things.
And still wake up wondering whether any of it actually matters to you.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why losing the structure of military service can make civilian purpose difficult to define
How Tony translated military leadership and teamwork into entrepreneurship
The difference between staying busy and having a meaningful mission
Why setbacks can become turning points instead of endpoints
How Tony approached completing an Ironman after a serious injury
Why purpose can fundamentally change the way work feels
Tony’s perspective on peptides, GLP-1s, recovery, and longevity
Why research and professional medical guidance matter when exploring health interventions
How AI may help personalize health, recovery, and performance decisions
The question every veteran and high performer should ask before chasing the next goal
If something in this conversation resonated with you, don’t immediately move on to the next thing.
Ask yourself:
What am I chasing now—and is it truly worth chasing